This piece was my first attempt at making a physical collage, built entirely from scraps I already had at home. Most of the material would have been thrown away, which became an important part of the process. I wanted to see whether something expressive and structured could come out of things that were never meant to be used for art at all.
Working with rubbish forced me to make decisions differently. Instead of choosing perfect colours or clean shapes, I had to work with whatever textures, tones and fragments were available. That limitation shaped the portrait, giving it a raw, improvised energy while still allowing me to focus on forming clear value planes and a strong sense of structure.
The piece became a way of exploring how identity can emerge from unlikely materials. It looks at how something personal can be built from leftovers, mistakes and discarded pieces, the same way our own sense of self is partly shaped by the environments we live in.
What began as an experiment with scraps turned into an exercise in finding clarity within chaos, and creating something human out of things most people overlook.
This piece was my first attempt at making a physical collage, built entirely from scraps I already had at home. Most of the material would have been thrown away, which became an important part of the process. I wanted to see whether something expressive and structured could come out of things that were never meant to be used for art at all.
Working with rubbish forced me to make decisions differently. Instead of choosing perfect colours or clean shapes, I had to work with whatever textures, tones and fragments were available. That limitation shaped the portrait, giving it a raw, improvised energy while still allowing me to focus on forming clear value planes and a strong sense of structure.
The piece became a way of exploring how identity can emerge from unlikely materials. It looks at how something personal can be built from leftovers, mistakes and discarded pieces, the same way our own sense of self is partly shaped by the environments we live in.
What began as an experiment with scraps turned into an exercise in finding clarity within chaos, and creating something human out of things most people overlook.
This energetic and text-heavy collage draws attention to the language of advertising and the overload of modern media. Layers of packaging, print and cardboard are cut and arranged into a chaotic yet deliberate composition, filled with brand names, product slogans and fragments of lifestyle imagery.
Unlike a portrait, this piece focuses on the noise of the world rather than the individual. The work feels like a visual scroll through a magazine rack or a city street – full of competing messages, contradictions and bright demands for attention.
Phrases like “CLEVER!”, “JUICED” and “Picture perfect” jump out, but lose meaning when viewed alongside torn edges, obscured images and mismatched contexts. Among the loudness, subtle elements like flowers and handwritten marks offer a contrast and hint at something softer beneath the surface.
This collage questions what we notice, what we ignore, and how visual culture shapes our understanding of value, identity and desire.
